[ordinaryperson]

The terms of the Conde's acquisition state they are not allowed to interfere with the operation of the site.

The depth of articles or the decision to pull in Wired content is strictly an editorial decision made by Ars editorial leadership.

[passwordoops]

And editorial leadership isn't dependent on Condé for their employment?

[ordinaryperson]

No. It’s run as a separate company inside the company.

And technically Condé does not own Ars, Advance does. Different leadership group.

[xp84]

This company in a company idea reminds me of the classic "The Front Fell Off" sketch (3 minutes you won't regret on YouTube if you haven't seen). The oil executive explains that the leaking oil tanker is no longer in the environment--"It's been towed outside the environment."

[nottorp]

Got a bridge to sell to you then. Or if you live at the north pole, a refrigerator?

[ordinaryperson]

Very insightful piece of analysis. Why don’t you email the Ars editors your theory that they are corporate Condé stooges and see what they say? As I mentioned in a sibling comment it’s actually Advance that owns Ars, not Condé, and it’s a different leadership group.

[nottorp]

Here's more insightful analysis:

Go to the bottom of the Ars Technica page, behold the Conde Nast logo and the following text:

CNMN Collection WIRED Media Group © 2024 Condé Nast. All rights reserved. Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement (updated 1/1/20) ... blah blah, no more company names.

They publicly wave around the Conde Nast name. Not Advance. Not anything else except WIRED.

[ordinaryperson]

Your revised theory is that Ars is actually a Condé company because of the logo in the footer? Not sure that’s how corporate law works.

Take a minute and do some research. Advance owns Ars and the terms of the acquisition allow it to have total independence.

But again, I recommend you contact the Ars editors directly and share your theory that the Condé logo at the bottom of the page proves that they are in fact Condé stooges and have no editorial independence. See what they say. Their DMs are open.